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South African National Parks offers a variety of accommodation types and standards. Prices are
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National parks offer visitors an unparalleled diversity of adventure tourism opportunities including
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Recently I noticed that many Wild Kingdom episodes have been uploaded on Youtube. Wild Kingdom was a wildife series aired in USA from 1963 to 1988 (and revived later). I found several episodes that have been filmed in Kruger (and other SA parks). For example, in the episode titled Hippo we watch a hippo capture operation taking place in Olifants.

Fantastic footage and it felt like I was settling down to watch a news reel from my childhood. Can you imagine having a dressed chimp in the studio now a days. It would have every animal rights group up in arms. Fascinating

The bird doesn't sing because it has answers, it sings because it has a song.

I find these threads on historical Kruger fascinating. I often wonder what was available in the Parks Shops to buy in those years or did everyone bring the groceries from home? I guess logistics was more challenging in those years than what it is today including cold storage for perishables? Perhaps that is where all the dried and tinned foods come from – rusks, droë wors, koekies, biltong and bully bief

“Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.”

I saw images of canned elephant meat. On the can it says braised elephant meat with gravy – the brand name on the can is Bushveld. On the can label is a picture of a man sitting next to a fire with a buffalo looking on. In those years those canned meats were probably lunch for some Kruger visitors at the picnic spots. In 2013 Low-GI bread with lettuce, tomato and fat free cheese is perhaps more popular.

“Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.”